For more than 30 years, the Gates Tennis Center has been the finest public tennis facility in Denver. The late Charles C. Gates gifted the Center to the citizens of Denver in hopes of providing the absolute highest quality public facility for people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds. Wanting to ensure its long-term sustainability, Mr. Gates expressed a desire that the Center be managed by The Park People. His hope was to see the Center managed in a way that did not depend heavily upon the city resources. Through this model, the Center has operated for more than 30 years without city funds.
Throughout its history, the Gates Tennis Center has fulfilled its important mission of providing a broad array of programming while remaining financially sustainable. But time took its toll on this prized facility, requiring critical improvements be made to ensure the Center remains one of the best public facilities in the nation.